91 degrees in San Francisco today! This is the third day of a heat wave which apparently will end tomorrow. It has been a good weekend however as the Giants swept the Diamondbacks in their three game series here. The Dodgers lost and Cubs games were cancelled due to hurricane Frances.

Tonight I have again been listening to the recordings made on the Wanamaker Organ (Lord & Taylor store in Philadelphia) and that is an amazing instrument. It is one of the two largest pipe organs in this country (the biggest is in the Atlantic City Convention Hall) but this organ, while still undergoing restoration, sounds wonderful. The tonal range of its voices is best exemplified by such diverse pieces as Franck's Piece Heroique and the Concerto No. 4 by Handel or the Flute Tune by Arne. Disc Two ends with the complete Pictures at an Exhibition by Moussorgsky. Another study in contrasts of organ voicing.